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• The Codonas
  ...Rabenalt’s ''Die drei Codonas'' (1940)—a very rare occurrence for circus artists—and two romanticized biographies. ...and illiterate—which led the family's name to be registered under a great variety of spellings over the years: Cardoni, Cardownie, Cardone, Codone, C
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• Alfred Court
  ==Acrobat, Circus Owner, Animal Trainer== ...the greatest wild animal trainers of all times—and as such, a major circus star in Europe and America.
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• Pieric
  ..., however, has chosen this arduous specialty, and he has performed it with great success for more than three decades, in addition to being a talented august ...e Fratellini’s school had acquired at various times the services of such circus equestrian luminaries as [[Chotachen Courtault]] and [[Francesco Caroli]].
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• The Indian Circus
  ...y where the level of extreme poverty is still fairly high, a few traveling circus entrepreneurs may have resorted to methods that have fortunately vanished m [[File:Rambo_Circus_(2011).jpeg|thumb|right|375px|Rambo Circus (2011)]]
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• Giuseppe Chiarini
  [[File:Chiarini_Utagawa_Masanobu.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Chiarini's Circus in Japan (1886)]] ==Equestrian, Circus Entrepreneur==
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• Johnny Hutch
  ...ish acrobats of the twentieth century, and one of Britain’s most beloved circus and TV personalities. His career spanned seventy years, from his debut in 1 ...appeal. In any event, the Hindustans were one of the best tumbling acts in Great Britain at the time, and the troupe was soon working on the Moss Circuit, t
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• Maryse Begary
  ...Banola Troupe. Andrée adopted his name (as was the tradition then, in the circus, when a young performer had apprenticed to a famous master) when she starte ...ame for herself: Her handstand on her trapeze bar didn’t fail to impress circus professionals and aficionados, and her act continued to improve over the ye
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• Les Bario
  ...l of the most important European circuses for such a long time. Artists of great virtuosity, particularly loved by the public—they had their fan club! ...no (Freddy, 1922-1988) was born in Brussels on December 18, 1922. Like all circus children, the two sons of Manrico Meschi, known as Bario (1888-1974), and L
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• The Samwell Family
  ...er luminaries of the British circus, they still hold an important place in circus history.'' ...rcus performers and entrepreneurs, thus establishing one of the very first circus dynasties.''
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• Russia's First National Circus
  ...n [[Alessandro Guerra]] and his troupe gave their first performance in the circus they had just built on the old Place des Manèges—the "merry-go-round ...in Rimini, Italy, Guerra (1782-1862) had started his career at Vienna's [[Circus Gymnasticus]], under the management of the Latvian equestrian [[Christoph d
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• Anhui Acrobatic Troupe
  The Chinese Acrobatic Theater followed the same development pattern. Whereas European and American circuses were in a constant search for novelties and new techn ...more than fifty countries, including Japan, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Great Britain, Italy, the United States, Sweden, France, and other countries in S
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• Bertram Mills
  ==Circus Owner and Director== ...unced the "Death of Britain’s Nº 1 Showman" and the "King of the Modern Circus," indicating the unrivalled position in which the showman was revered.
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• Cyril Mills
  ==Circus Owner and Director== ...break for National Service in the Royal Air Force. After the Bertram Mills Circus closed down in 1967, he and Cyril Mills remained close friends.''
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• Con Colleano
  ...rt biographical note, that: "I gained my first experience in my father’s circus touring Australia and did my first act at the age of three, an act consisti ...s. Old Con seems to have made up his mind to get his family started in the circus business, a hard life—but a lucrative one if a family of performers c
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• Norman Barrett
  ...man Barrett has become the most loved and best known circus personality in Great Britain—regarded as "The World’s Greatest Ringmaster," and dubbed b ===Barrett’s Canadian Circus===
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• Charlie Cairoli
  ...ed period of forty years, from 1939 through 1979, at Blackpool’s [[Tower Circus]], of which he became the undisputed star and, without a doubt, the most po ...an old French circus family of Italian origins—like so many ancient circus families anywhere else in the world. As for [[Jean-Marie Cairoli]] (1879-1
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• The Rastellis
  ...continents, performing in the most prestigious venues of the international circus and variety scene. ...ry thorough and complete training within his family—like all Italian circus kids—became a solo contortionist, and occasionally appeared as a bare
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• Guangdong Acrobatic Troupe
  The Chinese Acrobatic Theater followed the same development pattern. Whereas European and American circuses were in a constant search for novelties and new techn ...ding a spectacular acrobatic version of ''Swan Lake'' that has toured with great success all over the world.
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• Emmerich Ankner
  ...y with the rank of Captain, and he would be often billed in his subsequent circus career as "Captain Ankner." ...em to [[The Great Carmo|Harry Carmo]] for his newly formed Great Carmo’s Circus in Ireland—and thus Ankner became the Equestrian Director of the Carm
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• Arturo Castilla
  ==Circus Director and Impresario== ...potential, and the pioneering of trans-national synergies between major European circuses.
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